Hair-curler.



H. N. NORTHROP & G. A. TOWLE.

HAIR GURLER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 23, 1912.

1,081,400 Patented Dec.16,1913.

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KIN an era HERBERT N. NORTHROP AND GUSTAVUS A. TOWLE, OF SOMERVILLE,MASSACHUSETTS; SAID NOR'IHROP ASSIGNOR TO SAID TOWLE.

HAIR-CURLER.

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Application fi1ed December 23, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16,1913. Serial No. 738,143.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERBERT N. NOR- THROP and GUSTAVUS A. TOWLE,citizens of the United. States, residing at Somerville, 1n the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful1mprovements in Hair-Curlers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for curling or waving the hair, theobject of the invention being to provide a device of the character setforth which is formed entirely from one piece of wire bent into suitableform to readily receive and hold a portion of the hair in such aposition as to cause the same to be curled, or, if the same is alreadycurled, as in the case of puffs, to hold said puffs in shape so thatthey will not uncurl or become displaced, and further the device may beused for waving the hair.

The invention consists in a hair curler formed of a single piece of wirein the manner hereinafter described and particularly as set forth in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a haircurler made in accordance with our invention, the arm which clamps thehair to the body portion of the device being shown in full lines in theposition which it occupies when the device is being used as a waver andin dotted lines in the position which it occupies when the device isbeing used for curling the hair. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of amodified form of device showing the arm which locks the hair to the bodyportion of the device detached at its free end therefrom. Fig. 8 is afront elevation of the device illustrated in Fig. 2 showing the arm infull lines in the position which it occupies when in use and in dottedlines in the position which it occupies when detached at its free endfrom the body portion of the device.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, referring to Fig. 1, 5 is a wire bent to form aframe 6having two end portions 7 and 8 and side portions 9 and 10, each of saidside and end portions consisting of a single straight section of saidwire and together forming a rectangle, said side and end portions lyingin a common plane. One end of the wire 5 is bent to form an eye 11 whichencircles the body portion of the wire adjacent to the corner 12 of theframe 6. The eye 11 is fastened tothe body portion of the wire adjacentto said corner either by solder or by being forced or clamped tightlythereagainst. The other end of the wire 5 extends beyond the corner 12to form an arm 13 adapted to swing in a plane substantially parallel tosaid common plane, the free end of said arm being bent to form a hook14: adapted to engage. the side 10 adjacent to the corner 15 of therectangle 6, as shown in full lines in Fig. I. Said arm may also be bentfarther downwardly and the hook 14 caused to engage the side 9 adjacentto the corner 16 of the frame 6. The first position, that is, where thearm is shown in full lines, is used when it is desired to wave the hairand the second position, that is, where the arm is shown in dottedlines, is used where it is desired to curl the hair.

The hair is wound around the sides 9 and 10 when the arm 13 is unhookedfrom the body portion of the devicethat is, over the side 10 or over theside 9 as the case may be, and the hook, after the hair has been woundaround outside of the sides 9 and 10, is caused to engage the side 10:id jacent to the corner 15 when it is desired to wave the hair, or, ifit is desired to use the device for curling the hair, then the hair iswound around the wires 9 and 10 for about one-half their length from thecorner 12 toward the corner 15 and the arm 13 is bent to the positionshown in dotted lines (Fig. 1) and the hook 14 is then caused to engagethe side 9 of the rectangular frameG adjacent to the corner 16. It is,of course, desirable that the side 10 of the device should remain in afixed position relatively to the side 5) and in order to accomplish thisresult the eye 11, as hereinbefore set forth, is fastened to or grippedupon the end 8 adjacent to the corner 12.

In Figs. 2 and 3 a modified form of our invention is illustrated inwhich all of the different parts of the device are substantially thesame except that the end 8 is bent or offset to form a notch 17 and theeye 11 encircles the offset portion 18. This construction makes itimpossible for the side 10 to be displaced or for the eye 11 to be movedlongitudinally of the end piece 8. Thus said arm 10 is locked inposition without the necessity of soldering the eye 11 to the end 8 orfor squeezing it thereon to prevent its displacement relatively thereto.

In using the device the hair is wound around the sides 9 and 10 of thedevice while the arm 13 is unhooked from the side 10 or the side 9, asthe case may be. Then if it is desired to use the device as a waver, thearm 13 is hooked to the side 10 and if it is desired to curl the hairthe arm 13 is hooked to the side 9, as indicated in dotted lines (Fig.1).

One particular advantage secured by forming the device hereinbeforedescribed in the shape of a rectangle is that there is no tendency forthe hook portion of the arm 13 to slip or become displaced longitudinally of the side 10 or the side 9 with which it is engaged, as would bethe case if the wire forming the end 7 were bent in the form of asemi-circle or curve.

Another advantage consists in having the side and end portions of saidrectangular frame formed by straight sections of the *wire, as such aconstruction has a better effect in producing the curls and wavesdesired and also the device is very simple and easy to manufactureautomatically by machinery, thus conducing to cheapness in the cost.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

1. A hair curler formed of a single piece of wire bent to form a frameconsisting of two end portions and two side portions, each of said sideand end portions consisting of a single straight section of wire andtogether forming a rectangle, said side and end portions lying in acommon plane, one end of said wire bent to form an eye encircling andfast to the body portion of said wire adjacent to one corner of saidrectangular frame, the other end of said wire extending beyond saidcorner to form an arm, the free end of said arm being bent to form ahookadapted to engage the body portion of said wire adjacent to a corner ofsaid rectangular frame at the end thereof opposite to that end at whichsaid eye portion is located, said arm adapted to swing in a planesubstantially parallel to said common plane.

2. A hair curler formed of a single piece of wire bent to form a frameconsisting of two end portions and two side portions, each of said endand side portions consisting of a single straight section of said wireand together forming a rectangle, said side and end portions lying in acommon plane, one end of said wire being bent to form an eye encirclingthe body portion of said wire adjacent to one corner of said'rectangularframe, the portion of said wire encircled by said eye being offset toform a notch therein, the other end of said wire extending beyond saidcorner to form an arm, the free end of said arm being bent to form ahook adapted to engage the body portion of said wire adjacent to acorner of said rectangular frame at the end thereof opposite to that endat which said eye portion is located, said arm adapted to swing in aplane substantially parallel to said common plane.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HERBERT N. NORTHROP. GUSTAVUS A. TOVVLE. Witnesses:

CHARLES S. GOODING, SYDNEY E. TAF'I.

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